Elon Musk tweets “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand” and “if a good enough X logo is posted tonight... we'll make go live worldwide tomorrow”
Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter's logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu … Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk
An analysis of eight AI commitments made by OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Anthropic, and Inflection to the White House, and their potential impact
Seven leading A.I. companies made eight promises about what they'll do with their technology. Our columnist sizes up their potential impact.
Wiz researchers: the compromised MSA signing key could have given Chinese hackers access beyond Outlook.com and Exchange Online; Microsoft disputes the report
Microsoft is disputing a new report that claims hackers may have had access to more parts of victims' systems than previously known … Source: Wiz Blog .
Reddit and Bluesky are contrasting examples on how not to moderate, one centralizing in the worst way possible and the other decentralizing catastrophically
Moderating a site isn't easy—just ask Elon. But Bluesky and Reddit are contrasting examples of how not to do it.
Coinbase plans to shut down its bitcoin-backed loan program Borrow for retail customers and says loan holders must pay any outstanding dues by November 20, 2023
- Coinbase will fully sunset its Borrow program for retail customers, effective November 20.
Twitter sets “daily limits” on the number of direct messages that accounts without Twitter Blue can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs
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Studio executives embraced Silicon Valley's magical thinking of hypergrowth and disruption for the past 10 years, only to slash worker pay as the boom times end
In one respect, the actors and writers of Hollywood uniting on the picket lines in a historic, industry-shaking strike is a tale as old as time …
Why the Vision Pro app store may get more traction than the Apple Watch or TV app stores did, despite the headset's small user base for the first few years
Third-party apps will be crucial to the success of the Vision Pro, but the pricey and niche nature of the device means that developers may not quickly flock to it.
OpenAI plans to release ChatGPT for Android next week, after launching an iOS app in May 2023
but you can pre-order now! Mariella Moon / Engadget : ChatGPT's Android app arrives in the last week of July Mark Anthony Ramirez / Laptop Mag : Android tablets don't stand a chance against the iPad —...
The Linux Foundation forms the Ultra Ethernet Consortium with AMD, Cisco, HPE, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, and others to optimize Ethernet standards for AI and HPC
UEC to deliver on Ethernet-based open, interoperable, high-performance full-communications stack architecture to meet the growing network demands of AI & HPC at scale. Rakesh Chopra : AI/ML will influ...
Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads for ByteDance's social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app hit the US App Store's top 10 in March
Users complain the ByteDance app feels inorganic and curated, prioritizing the needs of influencers over ordinary people.
Profiles of eight former Google research scientists who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” that paved the way for the rise of LLMs
Their paper paved the way for the rise of large language models. But all have since left the Silicon Valley giant Twitter: @jmateosgarcia , @gavinsbaker , @jmateosgarcia , @madhumita29 , @fttechnews ...
South Korean and Indian filmmakers are hoping the Hollywood strikes will give them more bargaining power with US streaming services and a precedent to follow
Washington Post : Twitter: @jintakhan See also Mediagazer Twitter: Jintak Han / @jintakhan : Ever wonder how your favorite Bollywood flicks and K-dramas were made? Curious how the Hollywood strikes m...
Amazon plans to start Kuiper satellite production in Washington in the next six months, hoping to build and launch ~80 satellites per month within a few years
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Japan adds advanced chipmaking equipment to its export control list, a move that aligns the country with US curbs meant to keep chip tech out of China's hands
Tokyo aligns with Washington to keep most advanced technology out of China's hands — Japan now requires export licenses for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment.
Sources: Amazon plans to force some remote corporate employees to relocate as part of a mandate requiring workers to be in the office three days a week
Will this cause a relocation “boom”? Threads: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Return to office has gotten to the sell your house and move closer to work phase at Amazon. This is The Empire Strikes Ba...
A look at a proposed Massachusetts bill that would let state police use face recognition for image matching, but not face surveillance or emotion recognition
A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America. Mastodon: @aregenberg@mastodon.online . Twitter: @torrhl and @kjaerulv . Forums: r/pr...
A US AT&T call center worker details working with an AI tool that transcribes calls and offers technical solutions, and wonders “am I training my replacement?”
To many people, chatbots and other technology feel like a ticking time bomb, sure to explode their work.
Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK online supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements
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A look at solid-state speakers etched from silicon and their potential applications, like helping people with hearing loss and making AR/VR objects feel real
And AirPods could be first. — Silicon-based, solid-state speakers for earbuds, over the counter hearing aids, even exotic stuff like arrays of ultrasound generators to make objects in augmented real...
Sources: during DC meetings on July 17, the CEOs of Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm warned Biden officials that export controls risk harming the US' chip leadership
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Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
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Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.